Question

The advisor Cassius Longinus is often blamed for this ruler’s eventual break with Rome. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this ruler who was defeated at the Battles of Immae and Emesa by Aurelian after a 271 CE declaration of independence from Rome.
ANSWER: Zenobia [or Septimia Zenobia; prompt on Septimius Vaballathus by asking “who ruled as regent in his stead?”]
[10e] Many scholars have argued that Zenobia’s Palmyrene Empire should be considered a revolt by this ethnicity. The Rashidun Caliphate began a series of namesake “conquests” of this ethnic group after the birth of Islam.
ANSWER: Arabs [or Arab people; accept Arab conquests]
[10m] As part of his reunification of the Roman Empire, Aurelian was forced to abandon this Roman province north of the Danube, which had been established by Trajan after conquering a namesake tribe under King Decebalus.
ANSWER: Dacia [or Roman Dacia or Dacia Traiana or Dacia Felix; accept Dacians]
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Berkeley ABerkeley C10101030
Berkeley BStanford A0101020
Stanford LStanford M0101020
Bard AColumbia B0101020
Johns Hopkins AColumbia A0000
Penn APenn State A010010
Notre DameWashU D10101030
Purdue AUIUC B10101030
Indiana BPurdue D010010
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UIUC AIndiana A10101030
UChicago AUIUC C10101030
WashU BUChicago C1001020
Northwestern AWashU C10101030
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Michigan State C (UG)CWRU A (UG)001010
Ohio State B (DII)Pitt B (UG)10101030
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UW BUBC A001010
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UW ASFU10101030
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UCF AUF C10101030
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BirminghamOxford B100010
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Southampton BSouthampton A100010
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Southampton BCambridge B0000
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Cambridge CLSE B10101030
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Southampton BCambridge B0000
Southampton BCambridge B0000
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